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Mergers & Acquisitions
MBK seeks to exit Korea’s Lotte Card for over $2.5 bn
MBK Partners is in the early stages of talks with telecom operator KT Corp. and other potential bidders to sell its majority stake in South Korea's ...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
EDGC enters US procurement market with medical supplies
Eone Diagnomics Genome Center Co. (EDGC), a South Korean healthcare firm specializing in genetic analysis technology, is set to enter the US governm...
Mar 31, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees most productive year ever, returning $5.3 bn to investors
MBK Partners will be bold in moving into more Asian markets this year, wrote the company's founder and chairman Michael ByungJu Kim, in his annual l...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Companies
Kiturami Boiler bets on chip, battery facility systems
Choi Jin-min, founder and chairman of Kiturami Boiler Co., is one of the few living witnesses in South Korea's boiler history. At the age of 21, he ...
Mar 30, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Market Trend
Koreans return to foreign stock funds for bargain hunting
South Korean funds for overseas stock investments enjoyed the return of money to buy growth shares in the US on dips this year, while local investor...
Mar 29, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korea won at three-year high vs yen on rate differentials
South Korea’s won currency on Monday hit its strongest point against the Japanese yen in more than three years on higher interest rates and co...
Mar 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
MBK sees most productive year ever, returning $5.3 bn to investors
MBK Partners will be bold in moving into more Asian markets this year, wrote the company's founder and chairman Michael ByungJu Kim, in his annual l...
Mar 27, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Future mobility
Kia plans new Korea plant first time in 25 years for purpose-built vehicles
Kia Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, will set up a new domestic factory for the first time in 25 years to produce purpose-built vehicles ...
Mar 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO to invest $4 bn in Argentina battery materials project
South Korea’s POSCO Group is set to spend $4 billion for the capacity expansion of a new lithium hydroxide factory in Argentina and cathode ma...
Mar 22, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Private equity consortium buys 30% stake in biotech firm Medipost
South Korea’s first generation biotech firm Medipost Co. will sell a 30% stake to a private equity consortium, the company announced after W...
Mar 17, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK On, Ford to set up battery JV in Turkey for Europe
South Korean battery maker SK On Co. and Ford Motor Co. will set up a joint venture to produce electric vehicle batteries in Turkey with a local com...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO to build largest solid electrolyte plant for batteries
POSCO Group, the world’s sixth-largest steelmaker, said on March 14 it has started construction on a solid electrolyte manufacturing facilit...
Mar 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Korea Hanmi to launch blockbuster hypertension drug in China
South Korea’s Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. is set to launch its blockbuster high blood pressure drug Amosartan in China, the world’s largest...
Mar 11, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SK E&S to start business of carbon storage in depleted gas fields
South Korea’s SK E&S Co. is set to enter the business of carbon storage in depleted gas fields.The natural gas business unit of SK Group s...
Mar 10, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Actis names Scott Choi as its first Korean partner
Private equity firm Actis LLP has promoted its Seoul office Chief Executive Scott Choi as a partner, the company said on March 7. Choi is the first ...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Chem, GM to build $400 mn battery material plant in Canada
South Korea’s POSCO Chemical Co. and US top automaker General Motors Co. decided to build a battery material plant in Canada.POSCO Chemical an...
Mar 08, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won extends losses as oil hits 14-year high
South Korea’s won currency skidded to a fresh low in nearly two years as oil prices spiked to a 14-year peak with fears of a prolonged war bet...
Mar 07, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Foreign exchange
Korean won nears 2-year low, adds to inflation woes
The South Korean won currency tumbled to its lowest point in almost two years on Friday, adding to inflationary pressure in Asia’s fourth-larg...
Mar 04, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Korea GNI per capita at record on strong economic growth
South Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita hit a record high last year on strong economic growth, as well as the firm won currency a...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
Bank of Wine: High-end wine investment in the form of digital assets
South Korea is the world’s second-most attractive wine market, outranked by only the United States, according to London-based consumer researc...
Mar 03, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shipping & Shipbuilding
Hyundai's first Saudi JV shipyard slated for 2023 completion
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. is scheduled to construct a large-scale shipyard for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) and a mar...
Mar 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
Hyundai, Kia refine profile with accolades, higher global rankings
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., the two automaking units of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, have worked for decades to refine their profil...
Mar 02, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS hires Millennium, Starboard, Systematica for hedge fund investing
National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea said on Feb. 28 it selected Millennium Management LLC, Starboard Value LP and Systematica Investment...
Feb 28, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
BOK sees inflation at 11-year high as oil tops $100 on Ukraine crisis
South Korea’s central bank expects consumer inflation to hit an 11-year high this year as oil prices jumped above the $100 a barrel level for ...
Feb 24, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chief Executives
AI translation service Iyuno SDI chair expects continued surge in demand
“As demand for over-the-top (OTT) services grows, so will the bid for companies that provide translated subtitles in multiple languages,&rdq...
Feb 21, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
Samsung, LG dominate global TV market with premium models
South Korea’s two home appliances giants – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – dominated the global TV markets last ...
Feb 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&As
LS-Nikko Copper to sell $670 million JV stake to Korean PEFs
LS-Nikko Copper Co., the world’s second-largest electrolytic copper maker, is set to sell an 800 billion won ($670 million) stake in a joint v...
Feb 20, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
Samsung Bioepis posts $1.26 billion in global biosimilar sales
Samsung Bioepis Co., a biopharmaceutical unit of Samsung Group, said on Friday that sales of its five biosimilar products in global markets, excludi...
Feb 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electronics
LG launches world’s first 42-inch OLED TV in UK at £1,399
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. has launched the world’s first 42-inch OLED TV, which the company said is ideal for game consoles such...
Feb 18, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
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Airlines
Korean Air to deploy Boeing 737 Max aircraft from March
Korean Air Lines Co. will start flying Boeing 737-8 aircraft from March, nearly two years after the global grounding of the jet type by airlines in ...
Feb 15, 2022 (Gmt+09:00)
Latest News
- 1 Hyundai, Waymo forge multi-year, strategic partnership for self-driving vehicles
- 2 AI startup MarqVision raises $16.5 mn to close Series A
- 3 Taihan Cable wins $630 mn power grid project in Singapore
- 4 Korean startup scene is gloomy, say 2 out of 5 startup CEOs
- 5 MBK ups stakes for Korea Zinc to match buyback offer